Bedclothes holder



. Feb. 1 192& 1,659,519

C. N. DILATUSH asncpowmas nouma Filed May 6, 1927 lNVEN OR 671 3270 lafi ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 14, 1928.

amen era-mas Per uremce- CHARLES N. DILATUSH, on m aanon, omo.

IBEDCLOTHES nommn.

Ma ce?! e ey place Another object of the, invention is to provide. a device of this character the clamping means of, which will securely hold the article clamped in. operative position. and yet which may be readily released when desired.

In carrying out these objects, theinvention is susceptible of a Wide range of modification without departing from the spirit or 'sacri ficing any of the advantages of the. claimed invention; there being shown inthe drawings for illustrative purposes a. preferred and practical form in which:

F'gure 1 represents a perspective view of a portion of a bedstead with this improved clamp shown applied,' 7

Fig. 2 is a similar View of the attachment detached,

F ig. 3 is, a detail longitudinal] section section of the clamp detac led, the. portions being broken oif for convenience in llustration, and a Fig. 4 is a detail side elevation of the foot portion of a bed with this attachment shown in operative position, the bedstead being omitted.

In the embodiment illustrated, a portion of a bedstead 1 iss'hown which. maybe of any ordinary construction, a footboard being shown" at 2 and side bars at 3 with a spring 4 supported tl'lereou, and on which mouijited a mattress 5.

The holder constituting this invention is designed to be mounted at the foot of the bedstead as shown in Fig. 1 and comprises two bars 10 and 11 which are designed to be placed longitudinally of the bedstead between the mattress 5 and the spring 1, as is shown clearly in dotted lines in Fig. 1. Mounted on the outer ends of these bars 10 and 11 are two longitudinally extending vertically, spaced plates 12 and 13 which. may be made of brass or other suitable metal and are secured a, war ew screwsor othemvise to the top and bottom respectively of thebars 1D and 11' as shown clearly in Fig. The plate 13 of each clamp, one oi' wl1ich is. carried by each bar:

10 and 1 1,is olfsetdownwardly from the bar to which it its connected, as shown in Fig. 3 and the two plates are aperturedas shown atlt and. 1 5, respectively, toreceive an ad: justable clamping member 16 made in the form of an inverted J 'Shaped rod, the long arm 17 of which 'is.slid'ab%e.tliroughfthe aper tures 14 and of the pate. This rod arm 17 slides loosely in the plate a ertures and has a coiled; spring 18, mountet thereon be.- tween the opposed 'faces of the plates 12 and 13. This spring, 18.. exerts its tension to force the plates away from each other for a pm. pose presently a) be described. The top plate 121's pivoted to move vertically, the securing pivots being. arranged at the inner endth ereofv so that the plate operates as a lever and theedgesof the aperturejl i there of bindingly engage the rod arm 17 when" the plate is forced upwardly by the spring 18" and thereby securely holds the rod in ad justed osi-tion. It is of course. understood that i hen the. plate: 12 depressedthe spring will, become compressed and the rod 17 permitted to slide freely inl the registering apertures of the two plates, A keeper 19madein the form of; an inverted" urshaped metal strap straddles'the endof, each bar 10 and 11 andhas the leg. members secured in any suitable manner to theiside edges of the bar in conn fition with which it is used. The crossbar of the keeper 19 is spaced above the top plate, 12 and: operates as a stop for limitlilig the "as a upward movement of. the pl te as we protector for the plate. r

The short arm 20 of the rod 16 is rovided ti f ee e d'w t an n -weed riser 2 Wh sk when th ed s wun n be it poses as sh wsin ie z d s ed to engage a" crossbar or strip 22 whidi is placed outside the bed covers transversely of the bed. When the rod 16 is moved down to cause the finger 21 to securely engage the bar 22 said bar will be forced into clamping engagement with the covering or the mattress and the plate 12 will be swung upwardly and cause it to bindingly engage the rod arm 17 and securely hold the rod against upward movement. To release the clamping fingers of the device all that is necessary is todepress the plate 12 against the tension of spring 18 which will release the clamping or biting engagement of the wall of the aperture 1 ltrom the rod arm 17 and permit the rod to be freely moved in the registering apertures ot the plate to unclamp the device from the bed.

A bar 23 similar to that 22 located transversely of the bed beneath the mattress and rests on the longitudinally extending bars and 11 being held against movement on said bars by stops 2st in the form of staples driven into the bars 10 and 11 at a point spaced from the keepers 19 a distance equal to the width of the bars 10 or 11 in connection with which it to be used.

The two clamping members at opposite corners or the bed will thus securely hold the covering in place and it will be seen that the slides 16 thereof may be quickly engaged with or released from the bedding and when not in use they may be dropped down to their extreme lower position with their short arm 20 paralleling the side bar of the bedstead.

lVithout further description it is thought that the features and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and it will of course be understood that changes in the form, proportion and'minor details of construction may he resorted to, without departing from the spirit or" the invention or the scope as claimed.

I claim:

1. A device of the class described comprising vertically spaced guide members adapted. to be mounted on a support, registering apertures in said members, a slide mounted to reciprocate in said apertures, and having article engaging means, a coiled spring mounted on said slide between said guide members, one of said guide members being pivoted to rock to cause one wall of the aperture therein to bitingly engage the slide and hold it in adjusted position.

2. A device of the cla s described comprising vertically spaced guide plates having registering apertures therein, and adapted to be secured to a support, one of said plates being movably mounted on the support and the other fixed, a slide mounted in the ape-rtures of said guide plates and having article engaging means, and a spring mounted to normally force said movable guide plate away from the other and cause it to bindingly engage said slide whereby the slide is held in adjusted position.

l. A device of the class described comprising spaced guide plates adapted to be mounted on a support, said plates having registering apertures therein, one of said plates being pivotally mounted to move toward and away from the other, a clamping member slidably mounted in the apertures of said. plates and having article engaging means, a coiled spring mounted on said clamping member between said plates and normally operating to force the movab e plate away from th other, whereby said movable plate bindingly engages said clamping member and holds it in adjusted position and means for limiting the movement of the movable plate.

4. A bed clothes holder comprising a plurality of strips adapted to be arranged longitudinally of the bed under the mattress thereof, clamping elements carried by one end of said strip, and cross bars adapted one to overlie said strips adjacent the clamping members thereof, and the other to overliethe mattress and to underlie and cooper-- ate with the clamping members.

5. A bed clothes holder comprising a phi-- rality of strips adapted to be, arranged lon gitndinally of the bed under the mattress thereof, clamping elements carried by one end of said strip, and cross bars adapted one to overlie said strips adjacent the clamping members thereof, and the other to overlie the mattress and to underlie and cooperate with the clamping to lock said clamping position.

6. A bed clothes holder comprising a plurality of strips adapted to be arranged longitudinally of the bed under the mattress thereof, clan'iping elements carried by one end of said strip, and cross bars adapted one to overlie said strips adjacent the clamping members thereof, and the other to overlie the mattress and to underlie and cooperate with the clamping members, and spring pressed locking means for holding said clamping members in adjusted position.

CHARLES N. DILATUSH.

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